Was talking to a friend of mine who is a huge Heihachi supporter. One of our main points for him being likely was that they removed his Mii Costume, (which isn’t that notable since all other third party Mii costumes were removed) but also didn’t give him a spirit.
The most notable third party Mii costumes that were removed at least got Spirits, I believe. The ones that come to the top of my head are Tails, Knuckles, Akira from Virtua Fighter, and Geno.
But Heihachi didn’t get even get a spirit, despite being owned by Bandai-Namco, who greatly helped in Smash’s development.
The fact that he’s owned by Bandai-Namco also helps his liklihood, even though Nintendo apparently chose all the DLC this time.
I then realized that literally all of these points also applied to Lloyd Irving.
I then realized that Lloyd Irving isn’t in PAC-MAN’s taunt, whereas they deliberately added Heihachi.
Oh Neptune.